After over 40 years bs, Silver Lake piano bar and mastay of the Los Angel gay muny The Other Si closed s doors for a fal time Sunday.
Contents:
- FLTLE GAY BAR CLOS, LOOKS FOR NEW LOTN
- BEYOND OFF SUNSET: A GUI TO GAY SILVER LAKE
- 20 YEARS OF AKBAR, SILVER LAKE'S GAY BAR FOR EVERYONE
FLTLE GAY BAR CLOS, LOOKS FOR NEW LOTN
One of Los Angel' last historic gay bars, The Other Si was a “bt iend” to a generatn of LGBT bar goers who were left wonrg: Where will we go now? * gay bar silverlake *
There were a uple of sgle mothers raisg teenagers, olr gay upl, a Perry Farrell-like du named Adam who created and tend to the neighborhood’s famo chanlier tree.
When the bar opened 1968, was one of many gay bars the neighborhood, and one of que a few piano bars the cy. ” He remembers a time when Silver Lake was home to dozens of gay bars.
BEYOND OFF SUNSET: A GUI TO GAY SILVER LAKE
LGBTQ nightlife Los Angel n be a b tached, but each separate 'gayborhood' has s own vibe and appeal. From Wt Hollywood to downtown L.A. to Long Beach and the Valley, we've provid nightlife guis to everythg for L.A. Weekly rears over the past uple years. But we saved the most historic for last: Silver Lake. On the eve of the Off Sunset Ftival on Sunday, L.A. Weekly put together a gui on how to have a great gay night (or day) out Silver Lake. * gay bar silverlake *
Much of the film is dited to memori of LA’s gay nightlife history, when so-lled gentleman’s bars were monplace. Both Cantillon and a number of men terviewed the film blame the ath of the piano bar—and the vast gap between piano bars and morn gay bars—on the missg generatn of men who were lost the AIDS epimic.
20 YEARS OF AKBAR, SILVER LAKE'S GAY BAR FOR EVERYONE
Ltle ced Akbar, the Sunset Boulevard spot that is paratively young at 22 but is now nsired Silver Lake’s last historic gay bar. “After that gets younger, and there are lots of women—not gay women—and straight men, too.
Found 1994, the inic gay space was known for s door and outdoor bars wh a large outdoor pat area. Fltle space was a venue once lled the Red Rouge the 1960s, owned by gay in Judy Garland and her then hband, Sid Luft.
The space has existed as a gay bar for more than 40 years.